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Case FileNARA NAID 28965581 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Crestview, FloridaMay 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Crestview, Florida in May 1956. The full case file (5 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 25.

Reported location

Crestview, Florida

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

FL / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i h 0 Wos Balloon
7 May 1556 Crestview, Florida Q Probably Balloon
; 3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Tore ap ana Rdlisen
| elie esau Vise) 0 Ground-Rador 0 Probably Alveroft
3 GMT 08/0040Z DO Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
j No Militar O Possibly Astronomico
: 7. LENGTH OF ORSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0) Othe uadisiabiloai Lil al
i O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object point cf light, size head Erratic movement and disappear-
| of pin, Color bluish, erratic move- ance by rising indicative of
: ments to right aud left, then straigh balloon observation,
up, Object seen twice,
fe ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) y
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3 TITY Sd Siak ada di Nae Val IRE .
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965581

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